Necktie



Sept. 11, 1934. SCULLY 1,972,906

NECKTIE Filed Feb. 12, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR Sept. 11,1934.

Filed Feb. 12, 1930 IIIIII 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 neckband.

Patented Sept. 11, 1934 UNITED STATE-S This invention relates to improvements in neckties and has especial reference to that class of necktie which is worn by males with a collar either attached to, or separate from, a shirt An object of the invention is to provide a necktie, in either'the Conventional four-in-hand or bow knot form, in which the knot'is permanently formed and which includes a device to engage a collar button whereby the necktie is held in position to the collar.

A further object of the invention is the pro vision of a form element which carries means to engage a collar button and which, in addition, is

is already formed for the wearer, a well known variety is the kind that provides a band to extend around the collar band and which may be fastened and unfastened to itself or the tieknot. Another well known variety is the kind wherein the tie carries a slotted of keyed member to straddle the shank of the collar button. 7

'In the process of affixing a ready made tie to the neck it has been generally necessary to secure it by passing a band, orto join two sections or portions of a band, which is secured at one end to the tie, around the collar band. In some cases means have been provided to guard against rotary movement of the tie by employing tabs projecting oppositely from the knot to limit accidental movement, and in other cases an element carrying a slot adapted to straddle the shank of a collar button has been employed to supplement the hand holding means. However, the band holding means makes it very difficult to conveniently employ these ties with a starched, turned-down collar.

My present invention aims to provide a necktie which will be free from the inherent inconveniences and annoyances of the above referred to class, and which, in addition, has a distinct advantageover the class wherein the tie is tied by the user himself. By eliminating that feature which has made it heretofore-advisable to use a neckband portion of the tie surrounding the neck, I have designed ways and means to provide the maximum of neck comfort by .removing all pressure around the neck caused by: the neckband. This invention provides a necktie which has no portion tosurround the neck;

and which may be positively fixed on. a collar,

button and which will maintain the desired position to the collar. 'A'mongthe advantages; aside from obvious ones of coolness, comfort etc., is the fact that the tie-may be 'securedavery;

tightly in its place without" disar'ranging the:

collar assembly, exerting pressure onthe :neok, impairing the wearing qualities or appearance of-- the tie, and the fact'that it may be positioned easily, conveniently and positively to a collar button.

Typical constructions'in my invention are 11-. lustrated whioht--" Figure 1 is aside elevation with parts broken away of my invention in a collar assembly.

Figure 2 is aside view illustrating details of the'above. a Figure -3 is aside view of parts of Figures 1 and 2 in detail.

Figure 4 is a side view of parts complementary to the invention. r r

Figure 5 is a rear View in perspectiv'e of a. preferred form of 'a' part of one form ofthe invention.

Figure 6 is a rear view in perspective 'illustrat--- ing the invention in a typical form. 1 t

Figure '7 is a side view in section of Figure 6. Figure 8 is a side view of a modified form.

Figure 9 is a side view on section of a modi- .9

fication of a detail of the invention.

Figure 10 is a side view of a modification oia part complementary to the invention. 1

Figure 11 is a view' in section of a modified adaptationof the invention. 4

The essential features of this invention lie,

among other things, in the co- 'operable action andrelation between a form element which carries the necktie and a collar button. The collar button is adaptedto cooperate with the 'form' element, and the formelement is adapted to 00- operate with the collarbutton'bymeans of the provision for a stud and socket arrangement between the two; either may carry the socket or either maycarry a form of stud, or both a stud and socket may be" carried by either or both. Certain preferred form of construction" and modified forms of such will now be described and in'which, it will be observed, adequate provision is made for properly adjusting and positioning the tie by means of. a novel arrange- PATENT in the accompanying drawings in I 2a of the knot 2 is adjacently confronting the". button-holed tab ends of 1a. In this figure my.

improved necktie is in position and has the same general appearance minus the neckband" surrounding the neck as any other tie of the four-in-hand class. In dispensing with the band portion around the neck there is a saving in material and an increase in physical comfort. The tie a: is held in proper position by the collar button as shown in detail in Figure 2 in which a formelement 4 is shown covered by the knot,2., In Figures:2 and 3 my invention is illustrated in a preferred form: The form element 4 has at the rear an annular recess 5 having a side wall Gsubstantially cylindrical in shape and an end wall concave in shape as illustrated. Projecting outwardly from the annular recess 5 is a stud 7, preferably threaded, circumferentially spaced from the Wall 6 of the annular recess 5. As shown in Figure '2 this stud? is received in a'socket 8a (Figure 4) extending in'the shank of the collar button 8. This socket is preferably internally threaded to engage the external;

threads on the stud '7. The forward sidev of the rear end of the collar button rests against the inner side of the neckband 1c of the shirt and the shank passes through button holes provided in the neckband portions leand 1d and. the collar band portions 10. and 1b andthe rear wall of the enlarged forward stud end of the collar button confronts the collar as is customary. On the forward end the collar button stud is preferably convex in shape 81 and immediately behind the convex end the wall is preferably cy-. lind'rical 8a. As the stud 7 of the form element 4 is inserted in the socket 8c of the collar button and is screwed therein, the stud end of I the collar' button is drawn into the annular recess. 5

and seated therein, the walls 8a and 8b resting against the walls 6 and the concave end wall of 5. It will be noted here that the cooperable action'ofv the stud 7 and the socket 8c, and the cooperable action of the annular recess 5 (or socket) and the stud end portions 81) and 8a of the collar button are typical illustrations of the studand socket arrangement hereinbefore and hereinafter referred to. In the foregoing illustrations referred to both the collar button and the form element 4 combine both stud and socket features. This form of the invention has certain advantages because when the wearerbegins to fasten his tie to the button the projecting stud 7 can easily be guided into the socket opening of the collar button, and the forward stud end of the collar button is received, or substantially received, in the annular recess 5 of the form element or in its equivalent an aligning recess in the tie material or thickness 2a in order that the material on the form element may press against or closely confront the tab of the collar, thereby hiding thefixing means as well as providing frictional engagement of theytie with the tab. to assist in -maintaining position and appearance, as well as providing compensating means for variation in thickness, of collar or tie or both. If the threads be of rapid pitch several turns of the tie knot will draw the collar button stud into the annular recess 5 and provide a firm engagement. By placing a finger between the neck and the rear end of the collar button, the button may be prevented fromv turning, then, by continued tightening, the rear end of the collar button will be drawn tightly against the neckband while the rear end 2a of the tie knot will be pressed against the collar band. When sufficiently tightened a partial twist of the tie knot will ro- "tate'both button and tie sufliciently to position the tie Thus, it willbe seen that the tie may be both rotatably adjusted and longitudinally adjusted on the collar button by a simple operation while it is being detachably held thereon and, it will also be seen, that my novel construction accomplishes this even with a collar button having a forward stud or flange end, which is the preferable collar button construction because it permits of fixing the collar tabs and/or shirt tabs one by one and holding samesecurely in place before my improved tie or any other tie is positioned. Tightening the tie puts no pressure on the neck, nor does the button press the neck. The form element 4 is sufiiciently covered by necktie material 2 and 2a to be completely hidden from view save for the annular recess 5. The annular recess 5, it should be pointed out, while shown in the drawings as p a stud receiving recess provided in the form element, may be of shallow depth, and, in fact, may not be provided in the form element at all, but. in or by the] material 2a of the tie, and. this is within the spirit of the invention asjillustrated in Figure 2 wherein the material 2a of the tie-knot 2 is clearly shown positioned chind the front face of the forward stud or flange onthe collar button, and, it is obvious, the above referred to recess may be governed as tov depth and/or area wholly or partially by the thickness and/or contour of this material 2a.

Figures 6 and 7 illustrate the application of the principle to a bow tie .r in which the form element 4a is of contour adapted to conform to roper shape for this class of tie 3c and 3d illustrate the conventional ends of the bow and 20 illustrates the holding knot.

In Figures 8 and 9, the collar button and form element are shown provided with double stud and double socket characteristics respectively. The collar button, Figure 8, has the socket opening of Figure 4 replaced by the projecting stud, 7a, and the form element Figure 9, has, in addition to the annular recess 5, an inwardly projecting socket 8d. In these forms also, the stud 7a and the socket 8d are preferably, threaded. I

In Figures .10 and 11 further modifications of this principle are illustrated: Figure 10 shows the collar button having its forward stud end threaded, as at 8a ,to be received in the annular recess or opening 5' by the internally threaded wall 6 of the form element 40 which is in the form of an elongated band having an inner and which may be tied by the wearer after the form element 4c has been engaged with the collar button.

From the foregoing it will be seen that from the principle of this invention a variety of forms thereof may be constructed too numerous to illustrate and describe for-instance acornbination of threads and friction grip, or variations and modifications of combinations, the essence of which has now been disclosed. T

Figure 5 illustratesatypical form element 4 for a tie of the four-in-hand type. 'The necktie is suitably fastened over the form and conceals the form. When complete providing, of course, a ready made tie. It is to be understood of course, that the form element may be of any suitable shape or size, or any suitable material. A fundamental feature of this invention is included in the term stud and socket arrangement and in order that it will be better understood I shall point out that typical illustrations of stud coming within its meaning are: the element '7, the element portions 8a and 8b, the element 7a, the element portions 3a and 8b, or a combination of the above; also, I shall point out that typical illustrations of socket coming within its meaning are: the recesses or openings 5, 8c, 8d and 5 either singly or in combination; and, also, do I wish to point out that on either of the elements, or on both, I may employ various modifications and combinations of either stud or socket or both. The invention is susceptible to various changes in detail and construction without departing from the spirit and scope as illustrated, de-

i scribed and claimed.

I claim:

1. In combination, a necktie, a form element to hold the necktie and including a cooperable member of a cooperable stud and socket ar- "rangement, said cooperable member adapted to engage a collar button having a shank, and combined detachedly holding, rotatably adjusting, longitudinally adjusting and inwardly rotatable tightening means included in said cooperable member for detachedly holding said stud and socket arrangement, a collar button having a shank and including at least one engageable member of a stud and socket arrangement, said form element engageable member adapted to engage said collar button, and combined detachedly holding, rotatably adjusting, longitudinally adjusting and inwardly rotatable tightening means included in said form element for co-acting with said collar button engageable member for detachedly holding said necktie on, for rotatably, and longitudinally adjusting said necktie on, and for inwardly rotatably tightening said necktie to, said collar button for the purpose of providing secure holding means for a necktie.

3. In combination, a necktie having a knot formed therein and including a form element infor detachedly holding said necktie on, for rotatably' and longitudinallyadjusting said necktie on, and for inwardlyrotatably tightening said necktie to, said collar button, ,and' means included -in the necktie "whereby the material of the tie 'atth'e rearofthe 'knot maybe forced against the "tab ofa collar'yfor the purpose of providing i secure" holding means f or a necktie.

4. In combination, a necktie having a knot formed therein and including a form element including at least one engageable member of a stud and socket arrangement, a collar button having a shank, a rear head and a forward head including at least one engageable member of a stud and socket arrangement, said form element engageable member adapted to engage said 001- lar button, and combined detachedly holding, rotatably adjusting, longitudinally adjusting and inwardly rotatable tightening means included in said form element for co-acting with said collar button engageable member for detachedly holding said necktie on, for rotatably and longitudinally adjusting said necktie on, and for inwardly rotatably tightening said necktie to, said collar button for the purpose of providing secure holding means for a necktie.

5. In combination, a necktie having a knot formed therein and including a form element, a collar button having a shank spacing a forward head and a rear head, an annular recess provided in the forward head and extending into the shank, a stud carried by the form element to engage the annular recess in the collar button to provide a cooperable stud and socket arrangement including combined detachedly holding, rotatably adjusting, longitudinally adjusting and inwardly rotatable tightening means included in said form element for co-acting with said collar button annular recess for detachedly holding said necktie on, for rotatably and longitudinally adjusting said necktie on, and for inwardly rotatably tightening said necktie to, said collar button.

6. In combination, a necktie having a knot formed therein and including a form element, a collar button having a shank spacing a forward head and a rear head to hold the tabs of a collar, an annular internally threaded socket leading from the forward head into the shank, an externally threaded stud carried by the form element to engage the socket in the collar button to provide a cooperable stud and socket arrangement including combined detachedly holding, rotatably adjusting, longitudinally adjusting and inwardly rotatable tightening means included in said form element for co-acting with said collar button annular socket for detachedly holding said necktie on, for rotatably and longitudinally adjusting said necktie on, and for inwardly rotatably tightening said necktie to, said collar button, and means included at the rear of the tie-knot to receive the face of the forward head of the collar button, and arrangement of tie-material at the rear of the knot whereby said material may be forced against the tab of a collar by tightening said threaded stud in said threaded socket.

'7. In combination, a form element for a necktie having a recess necktie material substantial- 1y covering the collar tab-confronting face of said form element and surrounding said annular recess at the rear of the form element, a collar button having a forward head, a shank and a rear head, an internally threaded socket provided in said collar button, and a threaded stud projecting rearwards from said form element 8. In a combination as claimed in claim 7, necktie material forming a necktie and surrounding the form element, and an annular opening in the material at the rear of the knot and aligning withthe annular recess provided in the form element.

I JOHN T. SCULLY. 

